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I've been wearing BPAL for a few years and have just now realized how amazing amber is. I'm wondering, how could I possible have MISSED THIS AWESOMENESS ALL THIS TIME and wondering if my skin chemistry has just changed or what. It started out with Gold Phoenix, then The Sportive Sun and now The Lion. All just gorgeous, warm scents. Reading through this thread realizing a recent favourite, Fenris Wolf, also has amber in it (though it is very red musk on me and sandalwood. Might have to go back through the catalog again...so in love.

My mom's favorite perfume is an LE from another company. The notes are: Nargarmotha, Geranium Bourbon, Cocoa Powder, Black Clove, Peru Balsam, Mallow Root, Egyptian Vanilla Musk, Egyptian Apricot Anyone know of a BPAL that would be similar?

Tintagel has a nice wine note for me. When I used to work at a wine shop, I loved to wear it

WAR, Huh, whoa, What is it good for? Ginger. Seriously, War is very gingery.

I have not tried any of the Dawns beyond Cernunnos which is one of my absolute faves. In my experience I can't do jasmine because I amp it and smells like poop (true story) to me. I was eyeing Dawn: Mother just last night though... I should check out Rose Red and/or The Peacock Queen. I do love rose. So pretty. I can't wait till summer so that my rose bushes will bloom and I can inhale them!

*waves* Bringing this thread back. Recently discovered that I really, really love rose. My favorite rose blends thus far are Bess, Whoso List to Hunt and The Forest Reveries. All of these have rose but a little bit of something that makes them all just...*swoon* I miss walking around Portland and just burying my face in roses. So wonderful...

If you like blood musk...I would recommend The Tell-Tale Heart. Blood Musk and Cocoa Tell-Tale Heart: This is a swollen, pulsating, thudding scent, heavy with dread; a steady, unceasing, throbbing harbinger of retribution and doom: blood musk, cocoa, black pepper, allspice, dragon's blood resin and vetiver. Yeah...going to have to try and find it.

Dawn: Cernunnos strikes me as a dark foresty scent, hence why I love it so much

My favorite scent with myrrh in it is Dawn: Cernunnos. Something about all of those cool woods with the warm, sweet myrrh makes it amazing. Seriously love it. Anyone have recs for Myrrh plus red musk or myrrh plus leather?

Oh, I need to try this one!! This sounds perfect Thanks!

I really dig Tezcatlipoca and if you can find it, Ghoul Hooligan (one of my FAVES EVER). Ein Kuss Von Krampus is a nice sweetly spiced scent on me and Velvet is awesome too. Is there a chocolate and red musk scent I am missing out on? Those are two of myf ave BPAL notes.

Anything foodie is good for my kid. She especially likes Beaver Moon and Tweedle Dee and Dum. Candy Butcher is nicer on her than on me....D:

Um...damn. Should not have read that. *wants*

Corva, I am going to agree, cooking rice is one of the best smells ever! I'll have to check some of these out

Poking my head in to mention that 'War' has ginger in it and it's lovely. Spicy and warm and stabbity. At least on me. Nom.

Oh, thanks I'll check it out!

I'm poking this thread because I love Dawn: Cernunnos something fierce as well as Thanatopsis but well, it's 70 degrees here. As much as I love them it's just not the weather for these. I might have to check out Moon of Small Spirits; I just haven't found a BPAL white floral I can do and I'm wary around certain musks. But this 'green' profile is totally swoon worthy.

Long Night Moon has moonflower in it. On me it was VERY white floral.

Hey Witch I'm hoping this blog entry finds you well. I'm still wondering who you are! Do you actually live in Portland or are you just very sneaky? Hmm. We are having a good autumn! Sopi and I are going to be picking pumpkins here pretty soon. We made silly paper ones, heh. I don't think we'll cut them open. I hear that a cut pumpkin outside turns into e bug hotel here in the South. *wretches* KETCHUP! Lotion: I usually use coconut oil for moisturizing though I do like Villainess' Whippeds. I have bought Quick or Dead, Mall Santa and Ennui (for my spouse). But I shower at night and like to go to bed not smelling like stuff generally, though I have worn a few cozy NA scents to bed. It's not a daily thing by any means. The Reveal! If you don't want me to have an anuerysm, please, for the love of Hermes, reveal yourself. It might actually cause blood vessels in my brain to explode. How you reveal yourself? I have no preference. But honestly, please, reveal yourself. Costumes for pets: My cats are very mellow and might actually wear costumes for a few minutes. But they hate stuff around their neck, so...probably a bad idea. Starbucks Bear: I hate starbucks coffee and I don't need stuffed animals. I like werewolves though. Tartchef's New Soap: I haven't tried any of her soaps. Sandalwood Vanilla? This is it, right? Since I dont use a lot of scented soaps, I dunno how. When it comes to perfume, Sandalwood can go powdery on me (though I have a really nice Sandalwood EO) and Vanilla has to be...pretty remarkable. I like the vanilla in Crowley and Eternal Ankh, as well as vanilla musk. *shrug* Your call. More with the pickiness Sorry, Witch! I'm a jerk today. I you for being my Witch!

Okays. Hey Witch, I was looking at the return address more closely on the package and if you are my witch, I used to live not that far from you, or where you work maybe. I lived in SW 10th, up by OHSU. Small world, eh? And I used to work on NW 5th. Crazy! More ketchup: NYCC: I can't really think of any of them standing out. I like the names of a lot of them but I think flowers ruined everything for me. Elephantine Collosus sounded cool, except I'm strangely worried about the rootbeer. Scarves: I like the 3rd one that Femme-Fatale posted, though the idea of something I can pull over my head is great so a cross btwn 2 and 3? I think I didnt pick 2 because of the color and the way it kind of...wiggles around that girl's face. I also like four, but I hate the color. I love the button detail. I just done like the first one, I guess. Wow, that was probably super unhelpful and uneccesary, HA! I hope you are having a GREAT WEEK! <3

Hello, Witch! I hope you are having a good weekend! More ketchup for you, in case you want it. I haven't had all my coffee yet so bear bad spelling, grammatical errors and downright wrongness. Pomegranates: I love to eat pomegranates. I havent had one in a while. Pomegranate flavored stuff is okay, though I prefer the real thing. I love pomegranate juice. Notes top ten! In no particular order: 1. Chocolate/cocoa (especially) 2. Leather (especially) 3. Patchouli 4. Red Musk 5. Um.....Vetiver! 6. Pine or Birch (but not 'wood.') 7. Cognac? 8. Incense but in moderation 9. Salt?? Spices? 10. ??? Beer? Wine? Maybe this would help. Favorite scents are Ghoul Hooligan, Crowley, Tintagel, Miller v. Cali, Lawn Gnome, Thanatopsis, Tezcatlipoca. Tezcatlipoca was my first BPAL love. The kind of scent I like is altered foody. Food with something else in it to make it not foody. I'm wearing Calaveras right now and it's nice. If it's too foody, it is usually boring to me (I'm looking at you, Mother Shub's Spiced Lait de Chevre). I like War too. Thanatopsis is an example of a not foody scent that I like. I'm pretty unforgiving with my bottles. If I don't love it and/or it lacks throw and longevity, I generally rehome it. Things that I have rehomed include Raven Moon, Mountain of Bone, Giant Squid, Lead Phoenix, Fledgling Raptor Moon, Tombstone, Antique Lace, Manhattan, Juke Joint, Mr. Ibis, Buggre All This Bible, Green Tree Viper, etc. I hated Shub Niwhatever because I tend to amp incense so it goes from love to me turning into a walking temple and then people start bowing down and sacrificing animals to be and there's blood and well. You get the idea. Cthulhu in Love is great until the incense becomes the main note and then isn't interesting. Nocturne Alchemy is my other perfume love and so it bears to mention I love their: honey, kyphi, vanilla, lavender, lotus, sand (yes, this is a note for them, heh), Egyptian Musk, Sapphire, Nokturne2, Sapphire, Cream, Carnation, Coconut, Spices, etc. I can actually wear their florals without dying. My faves of theirs are Eternal Ankh, Blue Egypt, Hathor, Diety Moon: Bastet...Eternal Egypt...I have a lot of theirs still to test, I have notes somewhere. Gah. I should also add, as a Cancer, I am always on the search for the perfect Moon oil and water oil. I've tried quite a few moons out, BPAL wise and haven't been overly impressed with any of them. I have NA's Diety Moon Bastet and I really like it but it's not my holy grail Moon oil. even with my love for Bast. I missed out on Diety Moon Hathor and kick myself daily for not getting it. I HATE ozone because it turns to Irish Spring on me and it tends to be in a lot of water perfumes. I will also mention, things that make me squee and make me want it (I mentioned this before): Conan, Lovecraft, Sky Doll (not that this matters, I think I'm the only person who knows what the hell it is), Ancient Egypt especially Bast, Hathor and Thoth, Hermes, mystical Christianity/Christian mythology/symbols, Phillip K Dick (Electric Sheep smell? Anyone? Bueller?), forest, DnD/RPG stuff and ELVES. ELVES ELVES ELVES. This turned out to be A LOT longer than I had anticipated and I am insanely sorry for being so freaking LONG WINDED. Oi. But hey, I'm a BPALer. Get me talking about perfumes and all bets are off, right Edit: ___dammit, I did perfume testing today and got a bunch of winners. In addition to Calaveras, Infernal Lover was pretty good, VA Nikolav and NA Ra's Coco Lotus are are killer. DAMMIT. I haven't had this much luck in ever. I hope your weekend is going well, witch! **hugs**

En espanol! Just kidding! Witch O'Mine, I wanted to say thank you for the wonderful package. It was very sweet. I have been kind of missing Portland a little bit so wonderful tea from there made me happy. I wore the earrings to work! And my daughter loved the stickers! I hope you saw the comments she made in the IGI thread. She put the owl stickers all over herself, heh. Portents to come. A tattooed baby. And the chocolate was very yummy I needed a sweet fix yesterday night and the xocolatl was good! Sweet enough to satisfy me but spicy enough to keep me from eating the whole thing! You are very sweet and good at making cards too And packaging Here is more ketchup for you: Sugar Skull: Now that I know I'm not supposed to eat it, I am open to it. However, I live in the South. I dont know how that would affect said sugar skull. But I don't do a day of the dead thing. Like most Americans, I don't think about dead people in my family, just numbers in the news and what not. Lentils: I like lentils, especially french lentils. I make lentil soup a lot in the winter months. My daughter loves any kind of soup and my spouse loves lentils. I make a pretty mean lentil soup. A bit of white wine and thyme goes a long way. Purses: I have two purses. A utilitarian bag with lots of space/pockets for a mom and a black 'leather' purse for when I don't need to schlep stuff. I pretty much always need to schlep stuff though, hehe. And my bags ALWAYS need handles! I cannot do a clutch! I would lose it. Haunt Update: I haven't looked at it :/ Tengo miedo para me cartera. I like beets. I make beet salsa! If you cut beets up into little cubes, spread them out on a baking sheet after sprinkling on a bit of olive oil and salt, roast them at 400 degrees till they're done (I know, real descriptive...keep an eye on them after 20 mins?), then put in a bowl with chopped red onion, cilantro, garlic, lime juice and a splash of red vinegar, let it chill in the fridge for a bit and you will have yummy salsa ready for fish tacos! It's yummy! Okies, that is all! I LOVE YOU, WITCH!

First of all, I want to say thank you for mentioning my daughter in the card you sent. It really meant a lot to me and was very sweet. I appreciate it. Rollerballs: I don't need any but I suspect my daughter does. She spilled a partial bottle of Beaver Moon all over herself the other day (granted, she said she *wanted* to spill it all over herself...but yeah). That reminds me of something, thanks Witch! Villainess: Okay, ALL of the new ones sound great :/ However, I am lamenting the fact that my skin is on the dryer side and does not always agree with their soap. I am a lazy moisturizer! It's sad, I know! It's because I don't always have time after I shower (at night) to properly moisturize. Even the smooches, with all their oily goodness dry me out. I think I need to only stick to their Whippeds Though I might get a pumpkin soap for my daughter, her skin is way more forgiving than mine and she just finished her bar of Pieman I like giving her the super foodie scents I hope you are having a good week, Witch! Autumn came in with rain and cool weather and I am very happy because of it. I'm actually a BIT nostalgic for the NW!

Scent for a place you lived. I grew up in NYC. I don't really want a perfume that smells like pollution, garbage and humanity. I'd be more interested in something homey. Rice cooking, cooking spices, a lived in house...the smell I miss the most is my spouse. And I miss the cooking smells that mean he's on his way home to have a meal with us. But the smell of rice or even grains cooking is very comforting, rice especially. It's why I love Ghoul Hooligan so much, it has a 'cereal cooking in milk' smell as well as the spice, and the funk and the chocolate. *sigh* Well, I just made myself sad.

The Great Sword of War is a GC and has both cocoa and red musk. I found that the mandarin sticks around a long time on me but I amp BPAL citrus. The red musk in this blend is very nice.